Robert Towne
Born in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA — Nov 23 1934• Died Jul 01 2024
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Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23, 1934 - July 1, 2024) was an American screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. He later said it was inspired by a chapter in Carey McWilliams's Southern California Country: An Island on the Land (1946) and a West magazine article on Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. Town…
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The Godfather
Writing
The Outer Limits
Writing
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Writing
Mission: Impossible II
Writing
Mission: Impossible
Writing
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
Chinatown
Writing
The Firm
Writing
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Writing
Days of Thunder
Writing
Bonnie and Clyde
Crew
Shampoo
Party Guest (uncredited)
Love Affair
Writing
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Writing
The Last Detail
Writing
The Parallax View
Crew
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Crew
Frantic
Crew
Ask the Dust
Writing
Heaven Can Wait
Crew
Salinger
Self - Screenwriter
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Self
Tequila Sunrise
Writing
The New Centurions
Crew
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
The Pick-up Artist
Stan
8 Million Ways to Die
Crew
Without Limits
Writing
Suspect Zero
Professor Dates (uncredited)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story
Self
The Yakuza
Writing
The Bedroom Window
Production
Personal Best
Directing
Cisco Pike
Crew
Rescued from the Closet
Self
The Tomb of Ligeia
Writing
The Two Jakes
Writing
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Self
Tough Guys Don't Dance
Crew
Welcome to the Basement
Writing
Creature from the Haunted Sea
Sparks Moran / Agent XK150 / Narrator
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (uncredited)
Deal of the Century
Crew
Last Woman on Earth
Martin Joyce
Villa Rides
Writing
Drive, He Said
Richard
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Self - Screenwriter, 'Chinatown'
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
The Zodiac Killer
Man in Bar #3
A Sad Flower in the Sand
Self
Battle of Britain
Writing
Robert Towne